Transcript Anti-Federalists and Federalists

Federalists and
Anti-Federalists
• Today’s Objective: Students
will be able to identify the
opposing sides in the fight
for ratification and describe
the major arguments for
and against the
Constitution.
Drive for Ratification
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Cato’s Letters
Brutus
Centinel
Federal Farmer
Issue
Anti-Federalists Fear Federalists Response
The
The biggest threat to The largest threats to the people
Biggest
the people is the
is having a small government in
threat
tyranny of the
which those in the minority
to
government. If a
will never have power. If there
The
government is too
is a large government the
people
big, it will have
diverse populations will ensure
too much power,
that a small group of people, a
and consolidate,
dangerous minority with
eventually leading
radical ideas does not gain
to the government
power.
being ruled by a
powerful elite
Issue
Protection
of
Individual
Rights
Anti-Federalists Fear
Federalists Response
The rights guaranteed to The checks and balances are
the people should be
enough to keep the
included in the
government from taking
Constitution or else
the rights of the people
they are not
away.
guaranteed
Issue
Representation
Anti-Federalists Fear
Federalists
Response
The government should The federal
be run by
government
representatives that are
should be run by
very similar to those
well educated
who they are
and experienced
representing. This new
men, the elite.
government will
These are the
encourage only the
men that are best
well educated elite to
educated and will
be representatives who
be able to make
are using this as an
the best
opportunity to gain
decisions.
power
Issue
Anti-Federalists Fear
Federalists Response
People will
A free government
The central government
not hold
requires the active
created cannot take
government
support of the
the rights of the
accountable
people. The new
people because of the
government would be
many checks and
so large that people
balances in the
would not be involved
Constitution
in government,
leading eventually to
the government
taking too much
power.
Anti-Federalists Fear
Federalists Response
Issue
Power given to The limits of the
The checks and balances
the federal
power given to the
in the Constitution
government
federal government
will be effective in
are not clear and
restraining the power
will result in the
of the federal
president becoming
government. The
a monarch. More
president does not
limits should be
have the power to
made through a
make laws, so he/she
cannot become a
Bill of Rights.
monarch
Take a moment and
reflect….
• Do the Anti-Federalists care
more about protecting
individual rights or promoting
the common good?
• Do the Federalists care more
about protecting individual
rights or promoting the common
good?
Individual Rights
• The Anti-Federalists were more
concerned with protecting the rights
of the individual people and states,
then promoting the pubic good as a
whole.
Common Good
• The Federalists were more concerned
with promoting the common good of
everyone then protecting individual
rights
Test your knowledge!
• Turn over your paper and try to
fill in the graphic organizer
comparing and contrasting the
Federalist and Anti-Federalist.
• Don’t look at the lecture!!!
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Quote Throw down!
• You will be shown a quote and you
must decide WHO SAID THIS?
• The Anti-Federalists or the Federalists
• You will work in groups, and write
the answer on your white board
• Do not show other groups.
• You will reveal your answer on the
count of three.
Quote #1:
• “All communities divide themselves
into the few and the many. The first
are the rich and well born; the other,
the mass of people…. The people are
turbulent and changing; they seldom
judge or determine right. Give
therefore the first class a
….permanent share in the
government….they therefore will
ever maintain good government.”
• Who said it? _______________________
Quote #1
• Who said it?
•FEDERALISTS
Quote #2:
• “It must be by this time evident
to all men…that (the Articles of
Confederation) is a system so
radically vicious and unsound
as to admit….an entire change.”
• Who said it?
_______________________
Quote #2
• Who said it?
•FEDERALISTS
Quote #3:
• “Our country is too large to have all
affairs directed by a single
government.”
• Who said it? _______________________
Quote #3
• Who said it?
•ANTI-FEDERALISTS
Quote #3:
• “The small landowners are the
most precious part of the
state.”
• Who said it?
_______________________
Quote #3
• Who said it?
•ANTI-FEDERALISTS
Quote #4:
• “I consider the foundation of the
Constitution as laid on this ground –
that all powers not delegate (given)
to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to
the states, are reserved to the
states, or to the people….”
• Who said it? _______________________
Quote # 4
• Who said it?
•ANTI-FEDERALIST
Quote #5:
• “The powers contained in the
constitution….ought to be
construed liberally in
advancement of the public
good.”
• Who said it?
_______________________
Quote # 5
• Who said it?
•FEDERALISTS
Quote #6:
• “I am not among those who fear
the people. They, not the rich,
are our dependence for
continued freedom.”
• Who said it?
_______________________
Quote #6
• Who said it?
•ANTI-FEDERALISTS
Quote #7:
• "I had rather be a free citizen of
the small republic of
Massachusetts, than an
oppressed subject of the great
American empire."
• Who said it?
_______________________
Quote #7
• Who said it?
•ANTI-FEDERALISTS
Quote #8:
• "I had rather be a free citizen of
the small republic of
Massachusetts, than an
oppressed subject of the great
American empire."
• Who said it?
_______________________
Quote #8:
• “Among the numerous advantages
promised by a well-constructed
Union, none deserves to be more
accurately developed than its
tendency to break and control the
violence of faction.”
• Who said it? _______________________
Quote #9
• Who said it?
•FEDERALISTS
Quote #10:
• “An elective [monarchy] was not the
government we fought for; but one in
which the powers of government
should be so divided and balanced
among the several bodies of
magistracy as that no one could
transcend their legal limits without
being effectually checked and
restrained by the others.”
• Who said it? _______________________
Quote # 10
• Who said it?
•FEDERALISTS
Quote #11:
• “When the government fears the
people, there is liberty. When
the people fear the government,
there is tyranny.
• Who said it?
_______________________
Quote #11
• Who said it?
•ANTI-FEDERALISTS
Quote #12:
• “… the power vested in
congress of sending troops for
suppressing insurrections will
always enable them to stifle the
first struggles of freedom."
• Who said it?
_______________________
Quote #12
• Who said it?
•ANTI-FEDERALISTS